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Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by MagiK:
Punish the criminals in a fashion that is undeniably horrible and not more comfy than the homes they came from and you will see a decline in the number of crimes..
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It has been proven deterrance is not a crime reducer.[/QUOTE]I keep hearing that quoted but it is never proven. I first heard that issue raised in the 1970's and they couldn't back it up then and they can't back it up now. There are no statistics for it because it hasn't been tried...no one in the US has ever instituted a really sever penalty system because of the Civil right issues. What we DO know is that as enforcement and punishment has grown laxer over the years, crime has gone up not down.